PS4 Outsold Xbox One Worldwide?!

Folks over at Ars Technica have done a little bit of number-crunching to try and estimate exactly how much Sony’s PlayStation 4 has outsold the Xbox One worldwide. Bear in mind that these figures are merely estimates that came as a result of an analysis, and do not indicate actual sales. But if Ars Technica’s report is anything to go by, then we’re looking at a difference of about 40 percent. According to the report:

Determining those ratios was not a simple process. As a starting point, we used Microsoft’s announcement that it had shipped five million units of the Xbox One as of mid-April. Since then, the company has only released quarterly reports on how many total Xbox systems have shipped, lumping the Xbox 360 and the Xbox One together, which obscures the new console’s true market performance.

For the PlayStation 4, the estimation process is a little simpler. Sony announced on August 12 that it had sold 10 million PS4 units through to consumers worldwide. That announcement came 130 days after the company announced seven million sales, meaning Sony had sold an average of just over 23,000 PS4 units a day in the intervening period.

Even assuming PS4 sales absolutely cratered after that, selling half as quickly, Sony would still have sold about 560,000 additional PS4 units in the 49 days from August 12 to the end of September. Add that, and we get a floor of about 10.56 million PS4s sold through the end of September, compared to a ceiling of about 7.42 million Xbox One units sold by the same time.

Dividing these numbers led the team to arrive at a figure of 42 percent. In other words, the PS4 roughly outsold the Xbox One by at least 40 percent. Ars Technica points out that the assumptions made in the report are actually pretty generous when it comes to the Xbox One, and quite pessimistic for the PS4. Therefore, the actual ratio by which the PS4 is outselling the Xbox One worldwide could be pretty damning for Microsoft.

Source: playstationlifestyle.net

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Enter Next-Gen with Xbox One + Sunset Overdrive.

Head of Xbox Phil Spencer said that Microsoft might have been able to sell more units of its white Xbox One if it bundled it with Halo: The Master Chief Collection, but that he wanted to use the white console to promote a new IP, Sunset Overdrive.

"Would we have sold more white consoles if we put it with the Master Chief Collection? I think that would have been the safer route, but I'd love to add another great AAA franchise to the list of exclusives on Xbox and I think Sunset can be one of those things and I want to get behind it in a big way," Spencer said on IGN's Podcast Unlocked.

But why not have a special edition Xbox One for both games? As Spencer explained, one reason is that Microsoft doesn't want too many different versions of the console on the market. He also said that unlike the Xbox One Assassin's Creed Unity and Black Flag bundle, special editions of the consoles in different colors or hard drive size have to be planned out a year in advance.

Spencer said that Microsoft is currently talking about special editions that will release next year. He didn't say if one of them will be bundled with Halo 5: Guardians, but that the game will be a "big event" for Microsoft that year.

"Releasing new IP and making it stand out is always a challenge, especially when you got Call of Duty coming with a massive game, you've got Assassin's Creed coming with another great game, you've got Halo there, and here we are with Sunset and in the end the number of bundles and custom consoles you do is not a huge percentage of the game sales, but I wanted to put a stake out there, our first time working with Ted [Price] and the team Insomniac, that this is really a first party game for us and we're really behind it."

All that being said, Microsoft did announce a Halo: The Master Chief Collection white Xbox One bundle, but only for Brazil and "additional select markets," which at the moment does not include the United States.

The Sunset Overdrive Xbox One bundle will sell for £349.99/€399.99. It launches October 28 alongside Sunset Overdrive.

Source: gamespot.com

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You Will be Able to Pass your PS4 Controller to a Friend on PSN with the New Sharing Feature.

On Oct. 28, the PlayStation 4 will receive a new feature dubbed Share Play as part of the console's 2.0 system software update. Share Play will let PS4 owners share their games over the internet, which Sony has likened to a "virtual couch." In a new video released by Sony Computer Entertainment, the company walks us through how that works and what the new feature really does.

With Share Play, PS4 owners virtually share a DualShock 4 controller. That feature lets another player take control of your game — to help you through a particularly tricky section of a game, for example — and lets another player join you for a local multiplayer session, virtually.

Those sharing features are available to other players, even if they don't own the game. But there is one important limitation: Share Play sessions are restricted to one hour.

Source: polygon.com

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Expecting Info for PlanetSide 2 on PS4.

Information possibly regarding the beta release for PlanetSide 2 on PlayStation 4 is coming really soon, according to Sony Online Entertainment Community Manager Tony "RadarX" Jones.

Elaborating on his initial tease, Jones added that SOE "hope[s] to talk more about it really soon!" Of course, most of this was said in early-mid October, and seeing as how we're almost in November, I think SOE and I have different interpretations of the word "soon." 

Source: gamezone.com

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'NBA 2K15' Update Patch Coming to PS4 and Xbox One.

The NBA 2K15 update patch that was released for the PC version of the game is now available to download for PS4 and Xbox One as well.

The NBA 2K15 update clocks in at 940MB on PS4 and 945MB for Xbox One. Face scanning is supposed to be much easier for you to achieve on both consoles when you download the new update and more.

Much like any other update or patch, it will fix a lot of issues and problems that have happened in NBA 2K15.

2K Sports revealed the following NBA 2K15 patch notes:

• Made a number of stability fixes to improve the quality of the MyPARK experience, and online as a whole.
• Improvements have been made to the face scanning experience. Please ensure you have plenty of balanced lighting (natural light is best) for best results.
• The correct animation will now be shown in Edit Player when scrolling through the available list of animations.
• Fixed a rare hang that would occur when changing the in-game language from the Options menu.
• Fixed an issue where the user who invited would sometimes hang at the conclusion of a playoff game in Online Leagues.
• Addressed an issue in MyGM/MyLEAGUE where, in certain cases, the game would not allow the user to exceed 13 players during the free agency period of the offseason.
• Fixed a rare occurrence where Doris Burke would warp off the screen prior to an on-court interview with a player/coach.
• Addressed a number of locations where voice chat icons and Online IDs were not properly displayed during the online experience (PS4).
• Users are now able to re-watch 2KTV episodes that have already been watched to completion.

Source: attackofthefanboy.com

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Enter Next-Gen with PS4 + SingStar Ultimate Party.

If you're a SingStar fan and really want the new SingStar Ultimate Party game for PS4 then you may be interested in a new console bundle which is available exclusively at Very – likely seen as a good fit with the retailer's target audience.

For £399 you get a black PS4 console, DualShock 4, PlayStation 4 Camera and a copy of the new game.

You'll notice there's no microphone included. That's because SingStar now supports a mobile app that turns your phone into compatible microphone.

SingStar Ultimate Party is out today for PS4 and PS3.

Source: videogamer.com

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Slender: The Arrival gonna be Released for Wii U, PS4, and Xbox One.

According to a new rating on PEGI, Slender: The Arrival will be coming out for the Wii U, PS4, and Xbox One.

Back in September, the survival horror game was released digitally on Xbox 360 and PS3, suggesting we'll probably see a release on the respective digital marketplaces of the three now-gen consoles. Those console releases also saw new story content which was later released as DLC on the PC. It seems likely the new versions will also see these elements included.

We thought Slender: The Arrival was impressive and delivered a powerful horror experience, but found it bogged down by repetition, filler, and unfair enemies.

Source: ign.com

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